These were the cities appointed for all the children of Yisrael, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Lvim there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
And to the sons of Aharon they gave the cities of Yhudah, namely, Hevron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,